Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Festivity on hold for stocks as rate hikes beckon
By Tom Westbrook SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asia's stockmarkets made a wobbly start to the final full trading week of 2022, with the prospect of interest rates rising further next year taking the edge off ...
Dec 18, 2022
Peru president says she will replace prime minister
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, who has said she is leading a transitional government, will replace the prime minister as part of a reshuffling of her cabinet, she told a local news...
Dec 18, 2022
Pussy Riot members detained at World Cup final, activists say
By Sabine Siebold and Lidia Kelly (Reuters) - Members of Russia's Pussy Riot band were detained on Sunday after trying to storm the pitch at the World Cup final in Qatar to protest the war in Ukraine,...
Dec 18, 2022
Tennis-No ‘evolving away’ for Venus as American gets Australian Open wildcard
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Seven-times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams will play her 22nd Australian Open after being awarded a wildcard to the 2023 event next month. The 42-year-old American, twice a f...
Dec 18, 2022
Australia foreign minister to visit China as diplomatic ties improve
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Foreign minister Penny Wong will visit China this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, signalling an improvement in diplomatic relations between Beijing ...
Dec 18, 2022
Taiwan probes TikTok for suspected illegal operations
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's government has opened a probe into Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok on suspicion of illegally operating a subsidiary on the island, and warned that the social med...
Dec 18, 2022
Japan govt to consider revising joint statement with BOJ – sources
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese government will consider revising next year a 2013 joint statement with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) that commits the central bank to meeting its 2% inflation target "at the ...
Dec 18, 2022
Yen rises on report of Japan govt move for more flexible inflation target
By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The yen climbed on Monday on news that the Japanese government is set to revise a joint statement with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) over the latter's inflation target, pote...
Dec 18, 2022
Oil climbs on optimism over China’s demand recovery
By Florence Tan SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices reclaimed ground on Monday after tumbling more than $2 a barrel in the previous session as optimism from China's reopening and oil demand recovery outw...
Dec 18, 2022
China reports two new COVID deaths for Dec 18 vs none a day earlier
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China reported two new COVID-19 deaths for Dec 18, compared with none the previous day, increasing the nation's fatalities to 5,237, the National Health Commission said on Monday....
Dec 18, 2022
